Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT Miscellaneous Giant icebox keeping world's seeds safe Heightened concerns about food security have propelled an international group of experts to grow and maintain important collections of diverse crops in the Svalbard 'Doomsday' Global Seed Vault, a seed bank located in Norway. Their …

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT Miscellaneous How the wild chicken became the modern broiler An international team of researchers led by scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden have achieved a breakthrough in genetic studies of domestic animals by demonstrating the genomic evolution of the modern chicken. The results are published in …

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT Project results Kids do the math, the easy way If a student ever says mathematics isn't fun, tell them they're wrong. Thanks to the ingenuity of a team of EU-funded researchers, an integrated theoretical framework on the use of digital media has been developed, representing …

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT Events European Conference on Rare Diseases 2010, Krakow, Poland The European Conference on Rare Diseases 2010 will be held in Krakow, Poland from 13 to 15 May 2010. In its fifth edition, the event will highlight the state of affairs in the sector. Day one features a networking meeting that will enable …

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:01 GMT Events International Space Station Symposium, Berlin, Germany A conference on the International Space Station will be held in Berlin, Germany from 19 to 21 April 2010. The event will showcase how the ISS and the role of humans in spaceflight have helped society at large. The conference will bring together …